(Cabbage)

An early-maturing, "miniature" cabbage that holds for weeks in the garden without splitting, 'Charmant' bears dense spherical heads that are delicious either cooked or raw. Typically grown as an annual, cabbage is a cool season vegetable that traces its ancestry to Brassica oleracea, a fleshy-leaved, short-lived perennial from coastal areas of western and southern Europe.

Maturing some 66 days after sowing, 'Charmant' forms coconut-sized heads with thick, leathery, blue-green outer leaves...

(Orange Cauliflower)

An ornamental delight to grow as well as to eat, the orange cauliflower 'Cheddar' is an excellent choice for the cool-season vegetable garden. The increased amount of orange pigments makes it richer in beta-carotene than white cauliflower types. From sowing to harvest, 'Cheddar' takes 58 to 68 days to fully mature. It is a cool season vegetable that performs best when grown in the cool fall or winter, where winters are mild and frost-free.

Grown as an annual, cauliflower traces its ancestry to...

(Chidori Pink Ornamental Kale, Ornamental Kale)

Bringing texture and shades of pink and green to the garden in the frosty fall, winter and spring seasons, ‘Chidori Pink’ is an ornamental kale, bred to be showy and descended from plants native to the coastal regions of southern and western Europe. It is a short-lived, hardy perennial typically grown as an annual.

The grayed, light green-blue leaves form a low rosette. As temperatures cool, the foliage develops bright pink colors, concentrated in the central new leaves. In the second year, the...

(Chidori Red Ornamental Kale, Ornamental Kale)

Bringing texture and violet-red and green color to the garden in the frosty fall, winter and spring seasons, ‘Chidori Red’ is an ornamental kale bred for showy leaves and descended from plants native to the coastal regions of southern and western Europe. It is a short-lived hardy perennial typically grown as an annual.

The light green to blue-green leaves form a low rosette. As temperatures cool, the foliage develops robust violet-red to deep pink-red colors, concentrated in the central new leaves....

(Chidori White Ornamental Kale, Ornamental Kale)

Bringing bold texture and white and green color to the garden in the frosty fall, winter and spring seasons, ‘Chidori’ White ornamental kale was bred for showy color from plants native to the coastal regions of southern and western Europe. It is a short-lived hardy perennial typically grown as an annual.

The grayed, light, green-blue leaves form a low rosette. As temperatures cool, the foliage develops creamy white colors, concentrated in the central new foliage. In the second year, the plants...

(Cabbage, Copenhagen Market Cabbage)

Fittingly named 'Copenhagen Market', this Danish heirloom cabbage was brought to the United States in 1909 by the H. Hartman & Company. Maturing 63 to 100 days after planting from seedlings, 'Copenhagen Market' forms 6- to 8-inch (15- to 20- centimeter) heads with upright, leathery, blue-green outer leaves and tightly packed, pale yellow-green inner leaves. Flavor is robust and sweet. Expect each mature head to weigh between 3 and 4 pounds (~ 2.5 kg). Heads resist splitting.

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(Broccoli)

An old reliable cultivar of one of the most familiar green vegetables, the broccoli variety 'De Cicco' is an excellent choice for the garden. Typically grown as an annual, broccoli is a cool season vegetable that traces its ancestry to Brassica oleracea, a fleshy-leaved, short-lived perennial from coastal areas of western and southern Europe. It is grown for its fleshy heads of flower buds, which are harvested and eaten before the flowers open.

Introduced about 1890, 'De Cicco' produces...

(Brussels Sprouts)

If you love Brussels sprouts then you will really enjoy growing 'Diablo.' It is an outstanding variety of this cool season vegetable that was first cultivated in late medieval or renaissance times in what is now Belgium. The Brussels sprout was brought to the United States in the mid nineteenth century and began to be heavily cultivated there in the mid twentieth century. Typically grown as an annual, it traces its ancestry to Brassica oleracea, a fleshy-leaved, short-lived perennial from...

(Kohlrabi)

Grown for its sweet, crunchy, bulbous stems, kohlrabi is one of many crops that descend from Brassica oleracea, an annual or short-lived perennial from Western Europe. The open-pollinated cultivar 'Dyna' produces exceptionally large purple "bulbs" that are nevertheless sweet and tender, provided they are harvested immediately upon maturing.

Kohlrabi is a cool weather crop that prefers full sun and fertile, organic-rich garden soil with ample drainage. It should be sown in early spring...

(Cabbage)

Bred and selected in Denmark, 'Dynamo' is a 1997 All-America Selections winner that produces compact heads that taste delicious either cooked or raw. Maturing 60 to 63 days after planting from seedlings, 'Dynamo' forms tightly packed heads with upright, leathery, blue-green outer leaves and relatively thin, yellow-green inner leaves. Flavor is robust and sweet. Expect each mature cabbage head to weigh between 2 and 3 pounds (1 kg).

Cabbages are categorized by their texture and color. Most have...